Improvement in sinks for oil-casks



F. C. WYCKUFF.

` Sink for (Iii-Casks.

Patented July 6,1875. i

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N. PETERSA PNDKLLITMOGRAPMER. WASMNGTU FRANK C. WYGKOFF, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN sinks Fou oiL-cAsKs.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,399, dated July 6,1875 application led March 23, 1875.

To all whom fit may concern Be it known that I, FRANK G. WYCKOFF, ofNeWYork, in the State of New York, have invented a Sink for 0il-Casks, ofwhich the following is a speciication: l

It is well known that keroseneoil is exceed-l it oft' by means ofstop-cocks, is also a source of considerable loss on account of thewaste from drip and overrun measures, Sto.

rlhe object of my invention is to guard against both these sources ofloss-first, by placing the barrel upon skids provided with a drip-pan ortray, and means whereby the 1eak-oil may be readily pumped back into thebarrel; and, second, by a cheap buteflicient sink or pan provided with ataper neck to tit tightly into and till the bunghole, through whichoverflow or drip oil may escape back into the barrel, and apump ot'suitable size and structure to enter the barrel through said neck, forthe purpose ot' pumping ofi' the oil when required.

That others may fully understand-my invention, I will particularlydescribe it, having reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a perspective view of my invention in full operativeposition. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of same.

A is the ordinary oil-cask, resting upon the skids B, which areconstructed in the usual way. A pan or tray, (J, with its bottom sloping toward theft-cnt end, is placed between the side bars of the skids,and secured thereto in any convenient manner. At the front end of thepan C there is a small pipe, d, leading from said pan to the well D,secured to the outer side ofthe front bar of the skids. The welll)extends upward as high as the top edge of the pan C, and into it the oilwill run as it drips into said pan. The quantity of oil in the said welland pan will therefore be plainly visible, and at such times as may benecessary or convenient the ordinary oil-pump may be placed in said welland the oil pumped back intothe barrel. This operation is shown bydotted lines in Fig. 3.

On top of the barrel l place a sink, E, composed ot a plain circular oroval pan provided with a funnel outlet-neck, e, near one edge, of properand sufficient size to enter and tit tightly in the ordinary bung-holeof the cask. At the opposite edge of the pan E there are two feet orlegs, ff, which rest upon the cask at or near the chine, and aresufficiently long to cause the bottom of the pan to incline slightlytoward the funnel e, and thereby `cause any drip or overflow of oil todrain back into the cask. The pump F is inserted loosely through thefunnel e into the barrel A, and the contents may thereby be pumped outas required. The measures G may be conveniently kept standing in the panor sink E when not in use.

The advantages of my device are, first, cheapness ot' construction,whereby the numerous small dealers may avail themselves of all theadvantages which the so-called oilcabinets possess in convenience andeconomy or saving of waste; second, the saving of leakage and drip uponthe Hoor; third, the easy and convenient return of all the leak and dripoil from the pan C to the barrel; fourth, the pump will never empty thecask completely, and the residue is usually discharged Y by holding thebarrel up and allowing the oil to run out into a vessel. lith my deviceit is onlyl required to roll the barrel in its seat on the skids, andthus empty the residue into the pan C, whence it may be returned to thenew barrel, to be p lacedthereover at leisure.

I am aware that an oil-cabinet has heretofore been made adapted to standupon and be rigidly attached to a common oil-barrel; but said device hasno provision for saving the leakage from the barrel, and its structureis so complicated and costly as to place it beyond the reach oi' thesmaller dealers, forv whose beneit my invention is particularlydesigned.

Having described myinventiou,whatclaim cured to the skids B, andprovided with the as new is We11D,eo1nbined with the sink E,constructed 1. The pim O, provided with a. Well7 D, cornwith legs f fand funnel-neck e, and provided bined vith the skids B for anoil-barrel, sub- With a, pump, F. stantia ly as set forth.

2. The pan or sini; E, provided with a sin- F' G WYOKOFF giefunne1-neek,e, and legs ff, combined with Witnesses: the pump F, as setforth. R. D. O, SMITH,

3. An oil-cabinet composed of a pan, C, Se- GEO. D. WYCKOFF.

